Kukri Hills

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Kukri Hills
Highest peak Sentinel Peak ( 2000  m )
location Victoria Land , East Antarctica
part of Transantarctic Mountains
Kukri Hills (Antarctica)
Kukri Hills
Coordinates 77 ° 44 ′  S , 162 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 77 ° 44 ′  S , 162 ° 42 ′  E
Topographic map of the Antarctic dry valleys; Kukri Hills in the lower half

Topographic map of the Antarctic dry valleys ;
Kukri Hills in the lower half

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The Kukri Hills are a 40 km long mountain range in the East Antarctic Victoria Land . In an east-west extension, it separates the Ferrar Glacier in the south from the Taylor Glacier and the Taylor Valley in the north. The highest point is the Sentinel Peak in the south-central part with more than 2000  m .

They were discovered by participants in the Discovery Expedition (1901-1904) led by the British polar explorer Robert Falcon Scott . The mountain range got its name because its curved shape resembles a kukri knife .

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